Jun 19, 2023 | Director's News, Policy, Programs, and Advocacy
Good Afternoon Committee, I am Erica Nelson, Executive Director of Legal Interventions for Transforming Wisconsin, or LIFT Wisconsin. The organization is dedicated to increasing access for low-income Wisconsinites to civil legal justice. I am here in support of the...
Apr 22, 2022 | Legal Tune Up Tool, Policy, Programs, and Advocacy
LIFT Wisconsin announces the launch of its driver’s license reinstatement tool that offers Wisconsin residents the ability to access publicly available data using an online program that will identify driver’s license suspensions and automate the ability to reinstate a...
Dec 14, 2021 | Awards, Legal Tune Up Tool, Policy, Programs, and Advocacy
The Wisconsin State Bar’s Legal Innovator Award recognizes LIFT Wisconsin’s Legal Tune Up, an online tool developed to help thousands of Wisconsin residents who have criminal or eviction records that prevent them from accessing employment or housing opportunities....
Dec 13, 2021 | Policy, Programs, and Advocacy
Is your Wisconsin criminal record hurting your job search? Did you know that you may be eligible to have certain convictions expunged or certain arrests removed from your record? Do you live in Dane County? We may be able to help. The FREE expungement clinics are a...
Nov 11, 2021 | Policy, Programs, and Advocacy
Henry Sanders, Jr CEO, 365 Media Foundation Publisher, Madison365 and FoxValley365 Jay Patel is an investment portfolio manager at American Family Insurance. He helped found the company’s social impact venture capital unit. As a Founding Curator in the World Economic...
Nov 10, 2021 | Policy, Programs, and Advocacy
The Economic Justice Institute, Inc., a Wisconsin-based non-profit that runs LIFT Wisconsin, is dedicated to ensuring equitable access to justice for Wisconsinites. LIFT offers an online tool, legaltuneup.org, to streamline solutions to common legal barriers to...
